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GENEVA — Children in the Horn of Africa are living through an unprecedented large-scale crisis of hunger, displacement, water scarcity, and insecurity, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday.More than seven million children under the age of five remain malnourished and in need of urgent nutrition aid, and over 1.9 million boys and girls are at risk of dying from severe malnutrition.As the region comes out of one of the worst droughts in 40 years, vulnerable communities have lost cattle, crops, and entire livelihoods over the past three years of failed rains.“The crisis in the Horn has been devastating for children,” said Mohamed Fall, UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa.“Over the past three years, communities have been forced to take extreme measures...
May 23, 2023
Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished
May 22, 2023
Ceasefire in Sudan could ‘pave the way’ to peace talks
May 21, 2023
Army fights to keep Wadi Saeedna airbase, residents say
KHARTOUM — As heavy fighting continues in Sudan, UN humanitarians warned on Friday that more than one million people have now been forced to flee for their lives.A wave of deadly attacks reportedly targeted West Darfur’s capital, El-Geneina, in recent days, while the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said that more than 700 people had been killed and nearly 5,300 injured nationwide, after five weeks of intense clashes and bombardment.“Over one million people have now been recorded as displaced, within Sudan or to neighboring countries,” said UNHCR Spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh, as he issued an urgent appeal to respect the safety of civilians and to allow humanitarian aid to move freely, in line with an agreement reached by the warring parties in Jeddah, on May 11.Under that...
May 20, 2023
Sudan emergency: One million now displaced in ongoing conflict
May 19, 2023
Two rescued after shootout at US convoy in Nigeria
May 17, 2023
Sudan crisis: UN continues to scale up aid, as security allows
May 17, 2023
Asante King asks British Museum to return gold to Ghana
May 17, 2023
Eight in 10 South African children struggle to read by age of 10
GENEVA — Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among African youth, so governments across the continent have resolved to drive in a new unified direction, ahead of Road Safety Week, observed May 15 to 21.Increasingly grim accident statistics provided the impetus for action, including two bus crashes in Senegal that claimed 62 lives in January. In nearby Côte d’Ivoire, the daily number of fatal road accidents has risen to 46, from just 12 in 2012.In the world’s region most affected by road crashes, sub-Saharan Africa’s fatality rate is 27 per 100,000 inhabitants.That is three times higher than Europe’s average of nine and well above the global average of 18, according to the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), which manages 59 of the Organization’s legal...
May 15, 2023
Road Safety Week: African nations steer towards reducing deaths
May 13, 2023
Sudan’s warring parties take ‘important first step’ on humanitarian protection
